Author Archives: Correy E. Stephenson

Selling yourself to an employer has never been more important. At a recent American Bar Association webinar, "How to Sell Yourself: Developing the perfect pitch," panelist Martha Fay Africa, a partner at the legal recruitment firm Major, Lindsay & Africa ...

By Correy E. Stephenson The use of DNA testing has fundamentally altered criminal law, offering both the prosecution and the defense a definitive answer to the age-old question of "whodunit?" Now, a company has developed a new form of DNA ...

As blogging makes its way into the business world, companies need to be aware of the risks as well as the rewards of the latest mass communication phenomenon. “Blogs are a rapidly growing tool that especially younger employees really love, ...

Lawyers say that criminal defense attorneys can try more “creative” approaches to minimizing their clients’ sentences in federal court in the wake of a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on sentencing guidelines. In a decision rendered on the cases ...

The Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that will decide whether a school can be held liable for the violent acts of its students during participation in athletics. In Kavanagh v. Trustees of Boston University, ...

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals last week upheld a $4.85 million verdict for a family of plaintiffs who were subjected to “a long and relentless campaign of harassment and intimidation” by a business owner. The 1st Circuit upheld ...